The following quote is taken from today’s Journal (Newcastle based paper):
“Leeds United have told Jermaine they will allow him to leave as soon as they get an acceptable bid from Newcastle.
“There is still a bit of work to be done in that respect, but they realise he wants to go and it is not beneficial to anyone to keep an unhappy player against his will.
“Jermaine wants to go and he has made that clear. Nobody wants to see the situation turn nasty between club and player so it should be resolved amicably in the end. Jermaine has given his all to Leeds but chances like this don’t come around very often.”
If the quotes are really from “a source close to” (i.e. his agent Rubery) then Beckford goes from Hero to Zero in record time.
Edited to add a link with the quotes in: http://www.nufcblog.org/2010/01/and-were-off-toon-submit-bids-to-leeds-and-sheffield-united
